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The Spiritual Life And how to be attuned to it
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Translated by Alexandra Dockham
Translated by Alexandra Dockham
Publication Data: Safford, AZ: St. Paisius Serbian Orthodox Monastery, 2003
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 304
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.0 cm × 13.5 cm × 1.9 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 0‒9729956‒0‒9
St. Theophan the Recluse
Translated by Alexandra Dockham
Third Edition
“Once, in the middle of the dance floor at some annual ball, a young lady had a sudden glimpse of the immortality of her soul; and as this vision flashed upon her inward eye, she was struck with the thought that all this swirling around the dance floor was utterly futile. Amazed and disturbed, she wrote to the recluse: ‘Is this normal, or is it a morbid hindrance to a desire for a happy life in the world?’ The answer to her question evoked a correspondence which resulted in this volume.”
—“1. The Subject of Our Correspondence: The Spiritual Life”
CONTENTS
Introduction by Protopriest Milos M. Vesin
1. The Subject of Our Correspondence: The Spiritual Life
2. Vanity of Worldly Life
3. Emptiness
4. Spiritual Freedom or Spiritual Slavery
5. The Life of the Body
6. The Life of the Soul: The Intellectual Aspect
7. The Life of the Soul: The Desirous Aspect
8. The Heart and the Aspect of the Sense
9. Spiritual Life
10. Faith in the Existence of God
11. The Influence of the Spirit on the Soul
12. The Supremacy of Spiritual Life
13. Life According to the Spirit
14. The Covering of the Soul
15. How the Saints Hear Our Prayers
16. The True Goal of Life
17. A God-pleasing Life
18. The One Thing Needful
19. Ancestral Sin
20. Disturbance in the Nature of Man
21. The Necessity of Union with God
22. The Redemptive Uplifting of Fallen Man
23. True Spiritual Zeal
24. Renewal and Self-Cleansing
25. The Hidden Action of Grace
26. The Activity of Grace
27. Inner Concentration
28. Examples of the Free Resolve to Live According to Grace
29. Patience and Constancy
30. The Inner State According to Macarius the Great
31. Supporting This Initial Yearning
32. Govenie: The Path of a Virtuous Life
33. Govenie and Conduct at Home
34. Preparation for Confession
35. The Disposition of One’s Heart
36. The Mystery of Repentance and Confession
37. Harmony with the Will of God
38. A Conscious Renewal of the Vows Given at Baptism
39. How the Enemy Tries to Lead One Astray
40. Various Causes of Spiritual Cooling
41. Final Counsels Before Confession and Communion
42. Unceasing Remembrance of God
43. Inner Peace
44. Warning to One on the True Path
45. Undistracted Prayer
46. General Rules for Staying on the True Path
47. A Prayer Rule
48. How to Attain Undistracted Prayer
49. The Burdens of Life
50. Arousing in Oneself Unceasing Remembrance of God
51. Turning the Burdens of Life to Spiritual Profit
52. Burning Love for God
53. Passions as an Obstacle to the Spirit
54. Warfare with the Passions
55. More About Warfare with the Passions
56. The Slightest Movements of the Passions
57. Stages in the Development of Passions
58. Prayer in the Warfare with Passionate Thoughts
59. St. Hesychius on Warfare with the Passions
60. Cleansing the Heart
61. Guarding the Hearing and Sight
62. Active Warfare with the Passions
63. Singing and Music
64. Solitude
65. St. Poemen on the God-pleasing Life
66. A Journey to the St. Sergius Lavra
67. Diligent Confession
68. The Need of a Good Counselor
69. Depression and Fear
70. On the Reading of Spiritual and Secular Books
71. On Coldness in Prayer
72. The Vow of Renunciation of the World
73. The Vow of Chastity
74. Yearnings for Monastic Life
75. The Tricks of the Enemy
76. Temptations from Unbelievers
77. Obedience to Parents
78. Injustice and False Accusation
79. Final Anxieties and Disturbances
80. Rest After a Storm
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 304
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.0 cm × 13.5 cm × 1.9 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 0‒9729956‒0‒9
St. Theophan the Recluse
Translated by Alexandra Dockham
Third Edition
“Once, in the middle of the dance floor at some annual ball, a young lady had a sudden glimpse of the immortality of her soul; and as this vision flashed upon her inward eye, she was struck with the thought that all this swirling around the dance floor was utterly futile. Amazed and disturbed, she wrote to the recluse: ‘Is this normal, or is it a morbid hindrance to a desire for a happy life in the world?’ The answer to her question evoked a correspondence which resulted in this volume.”
—“1. The Subject of Our Correspondence: The Spiritual Life”
CONTENTS
Introduction by Protopriest Milos M. Vesin
1. The Subject of Our Correspondence: The Spiritual Life
2. Vanity of Worldly Life
3. Emptiness
4. Spiritual Freedom or Spiritual Slavery
5. The Life of the Body
6. The Life of the Soul: The Intellectual Aspect
7. The Life of the Soul: The Desirous Aspect
8. The Heart and the Aspect of the Sense
9. Spiritual Life
10. Faith in the Existence of God
11. The Influence of the Spirit on the Soul
12. The Supremacy of Spiritual Life
13. Life According to the Spirit
14. The Covering of the Soul
15. How the Saints Hear Our Prayers
16. The True Goal of Life
17. A God-pleasing Life
18. The One Thing Needful
19. Ancestral Sin
20. Disturbance in the Nature of Man
21. The Necessity of Union with God
22. The Redemptive Uplifting of Fallen Man
23. True Spiritual Zeal
24. Renewal and Self-Cleansing
25. The Hidden Action of Grace
26. The Activity of Grace
27. Inner Concentration
28. Examples of the Free Resolve to Live According to Grace
29. Patience and Constancy
30. The Inner State According to Macarius the Great
31. Supporting This Initial Yearning
32. Govenie: The Path of a Virtuous Life
33. Govenie and Conduct at Home
34. Preparation for Confession
35. The Disposition of One’s Heart
36. The Mystery of Repentance and Confession
37. Harmony with the Will of God
38. A Conscious Renewal of the Vows Given at Baptism
39. How the Enemy Tries to Lead One Astray
40. Various Causes of Spiritual Cooling
41. Final Counsels Before Confession and Communion
42. Unceasing Remembrance of God
43. Inner Peace
44. Warning to One on the True Path
45. Undistracted Prayer
46. General Rules for Staying on the True Path
47. A Prayer Rule
48. How to Attain Undistracted Prayer
49. The Burdens of Life
50. Arousing in Oneself Unceasing Remembrance of God
51. Turning the Burdens of Life to Spiritual Profit
52. Burning Love for God
53. Passions as an Obstacle to the Spirit
54. Warfare with the Passions
55. More About Warfare with the Passions
56. The Slightest Movements of the Passions
57. Stages in the Development of Passions
58. Prayer in the Warfare with Passionate Thoughts
59. St. Hesychius on Warfare with the Passions
60. Cleansing the Heart
61. Guarding the Hearing and Sight
62. Active Warfare with the Passions
63. Singing and Music
64. Solitude
65. St. Poemen on the God-pleasing Life
66. A Journey to the St. Sergius Lavra
67. Diligent Confession
68. The Need of a Good Counselor
69. Depression and Fear
70. On the Reading of Spiritual and Secular Books
71. On Coldness in Prayer
72. The Vow of Renunciation of the World
73. The Vow of Chastity
74. Yearnings for Monastic Life
75. The Tricks of the Enemy
76. Temptations from Unbelievers
77. Obedience to Parents
78. Injustice and False Accusation
79. Final Anxieties and Disturbances
80. Rest After a Storm
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